Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] G Martin Jones signs with the Maple Leafs (1 year, $875k)

[Brodeur]

Lyon for Detroit too.

It seems likely that Reimer is the backup, although Lyon winning the job wouldn't be the most shocking development. Expanded list for anybody interested:

ANA: Gibson - Dostal - Stalock - Clang - Alexander
CGY: Markstrom - Vladar - Wolf - Dansk
EDM: Skinner - Campbell - Pickard - Rodrigue - Fanti
LAK: Talbot - Copley - Rittich - Portillo
SEA: Grubauer - Driedger - Daccord - Stezka
SJS: Blackwood - Kahkonen - Makiniemi - Chrona - Romanov
VAN: Demko - Martin - Silovs - Sawchenko - Tolopilo
VGK: Hill - Thompson - Lehner (LTIR) - Patera - Savaille - Lindbom - Vikman

ARZ: Vejmelka - Ingram - Prosvetov - Villalta - Thornton
CHI: Mrazek - Soderblom - Stauber - Commesso
COL: Georgiev - Francouz - Annunen - Holm - Miner
DAL: Oettinger - Wedgewood - Murray - Poirier
MIN: Gustavsson - Fleury - Wallstedt - McIntyre - Jones
NSH: Saros - Lankinen - Askarov - Grosenick
STL: Binnington - Hofer - Subban - Zherenko - Ellis - Cranley
WPG: Hellebucyk - Brossoit - Delia - Salminen

BOS: Ullmark - Swayman - Bussi - DiPietro - Keyser
BUF: Levi - Comrie - Luukkonen - Tokarski - Cooley
DET: Husso - Reimer - Lyon - Cossa - Lethemon
FLO: Bobrovsky - Knight - Stolarz - Guzda - Waeber
MON: Allen - Montembeault - DeSmith - Price (LTIR) - Primeau - Dobes
OTT: Korpisalo - Forsberg - Sogaard - Mandolese - Merilainen
TBL: Vasilevskiy - Johansson - Alnefelt - Tompkins
TOR: Samsonov - Jones - Woll - Murray (LTIR) - Petruzzelli - Hildeby - Peksa - Akhtiamov

CAR: Andersen - Raanta - Kochetkov
CLB: Merzlikins - Tarasov - Greaves
NJD: Vanecek - Schmid - Kallgren - Daws (LTIR) - Brennan
NYI: Sorokin - Varlamov - Skarek - Appleby - Lennox
NYR: Shesterkin - Quick - Domingue - Lindbom - Garand - Boyko
PHI: Hart - Petersen - Ersson - Sandstrom
PIT: Jarry - Nedeljkovic - Hellberg - Lindberg - Blomqvist - Gauthier
WSH: Kuemper - Lindgren - Shepard - Gibson - Stevenson - Bjorklund

 

[seanlinden]

Leafs needed a 3rd goalie, and this fits the bill.

Yes, you can argue that h's got too good of a "name" to clear waivers, but it would go against the DNA of any competent GM to say "I've got $850k to spend, let's get a goalie, but make sure he's not good enough to be picked up on waivers".

 

[jbeck5]

Can think of a few backups / insurance #3s that are worse. And for 875k, this signing is worth the risk in case Woll doesn't light it up.

I won't say he's very good, but if he's good enough in his role, then why not?

Is a goalie lighting it up a good thing or a bad thing?

 

[uncleben]

Perfectly happy to have a vet like Jones to stand behind Samsonov and Woll.

I bet he figured better, at this point in the off-season, to have a guaranteed contract as a number 3 and fight your way up to a 2 or 1/wait for injuries then sit without a contract/gamble on a PTO.


Now just waiting for the inevitable - several other goalies pass through waivers, and Jones gets claimed before the season even begins.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Why?

Same reason they signed Ganbrell, to have players in the AHL that they can call up when injury happens that they know can give you NHL minutes

 

[amnesiac]

Where goaltenders go to die…. Poor guy

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Someone smarter than me explain how the Leafs are going to be under the cap when the season starts. 2.9 over now.

Gambell, Robertson, Jones and Holmberg sent down.

Rhey go 11/7

 

[trellaine201]

How does a goalies have a really good average but not so good save percentage lol weird numbers. I love the signing. Keep Samsanov and Jones!

 

[Frosty415]

Where goaltenders go to die…. Poor guy

His career has been dead for awhile my guy

 

[amnesiac]

His career has been dead for awhile my guy

He started as Seattles #1 last season

 

[wonton15]

Goaltending is voodoo.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

I was going to be mad but it's low enough it can be buried and our goalie depth is kind of bad if an injury occurs. A warm body whose got experience.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

He'll be the #3 goalie or claimed by another team on waivers. I'm sure some will freak out about this signing though lol.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Worst goalie in the league

Brad T is ass.

So then Woll will beat him out. Not a bad bet.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Why would you want that if you are the Leafs. Replace Samsonov with probably the worst goalie in the league?

Some of our fans think they are playing 11D chess.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

This is the greatest, more hilarious signing to me in the history of the NHL.

Below avg goalie signs with a team for almost league minimum to be veteran depth and a 3rd stringer?

 

[ToDavid]

As bad as he’s been for a while, don’t mind having a third string goalie who was good in this league once upon a time.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

875k lol it's like his save percentage

a buck a (%) point ain't a bad living.

 

[ijuka]

5 seasons without getting above .900. No idea what this guy is still doing in the league.

 

[moody1122]

Someone smarter than me explain how the Leafs are going to be under the cap when the season starts. 2.9 over now.

That's not for you to worry about, let the professionals deal with it, thats their job

 

[Petes2424]

Not sure how anyone is surprised. They weren’t going into the season without signing a veteran who could be a backup, but likely clear waivers when need be. It’s also the best case scenario for a goaltender in this position, because the Marlies are in TO, and he’s not bouncing from place to place.

 

[Sheppy]

Probably the worst goalie in the NHL.

How you can go 27-13 with an .886 is absolutely mind boggling.

Hasn't posted a save percentage above .900 since 2017-18.

 

[Koivu11]

Dude is bad.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Someone smarter than me explain how the Leafs are going to be under the cap when the season starts. 2.9 over now.

They can send Timmins down, all of his cap hit should come off. Gambrell and Jones, but that's just shy of the 2.9, so I'm assuming they must have a different way.

Maybe they break someone's knee cap.

 

[banks]

Love it.

He's a #3 brought in to be our #3. What's the problem? He could legit go the whole year with the org and still step on the ice for zero games.

Every organization needs to have a third stringer who can handle an NHL start in a pinch. We have that now.